Within a Day, Batam Hang Nadim Airport Serves 8 Cargo Flights

TRIBUNBATAM.id, BATAM - At present, the operations of cargo transport airlines seem crowded at Hang Nadim International Airport, Batam.

This followed the issuance of Minister of Transportation Regulation PM Number 25 of 2020 Regarding Transportation Control During the Eid Period of 1441 AH,

Director of Airport Business Entity (BUBU) Hang Nadim and TIK Batam Business Entity, Suwarso said, there were 8 cargo flights operating on Thursday (05/07/2020), namely 2 Garuda Indonesia airline flights to Soekarno-Hatta Cengkareng Airport.

Two Citilink airline flights to Soekarno-Hatta Airport, 1 Sriwijaya Air airline flight to Soekarno-Hatta Airport, 2 My Indo Airlines cargo operator flights to Seletar and Soekarno-Hatta Airport, and 1 Tri MG Airliners flight to Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Jakarta.

"For the airline Citilink will fly May 8, 2020, both from or to Batam with flight routes Cengkareng, Pekanbaru, Surabaya, Medan and Padang," said Suwarso.

Secondly, Garuda Indonesia Airlines will fly on May 10, 2020, with scheduled flights on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

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Meanwhile, Lion Air airline resumed operations on May 10, 2020.

However the flight is still waiting for permission to fly from Indonesian Ministry of Transportation.

"Right now cargo flights are still running, one of which is an Air Force aircraft carrying the need for medical equipment and equipment for Special Hospital of Infection at Galang Island, as well as for exchanging TNI members on duty," Suwarso said. (TRIBUNBATAM.id/Roma Uly Sianturi)

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